Newer Macs come without a pre-installed version of iDVD, Apple's consumer DVD-authoring application, which isn't available in the AppStore, just in boxed versions of iLife; tools like iMovie still refer to it by offering a ‚share/export to iDVD' feature.
update:
How To Video On Macbook
First, check your Mac has a built-in DVD-burner; actually all Macs of the last years offer such a 'Superdrive', except the MacBook Air, the Retina MacBook Pro, the latest iMacs, and the MacMini/Server.
- In this situation, the best way to ensure that both a Mac and a Windows PC can access the videos from the same external device is to make sure the device is in the correct disk format. This article explains how to format a device or disk (e.g. USB flash drive, external hard drive) into the proper format that is accessible by both Mac.
- In the Photos app on your Mac, select the photos you want in your slideshow.
From the first scene to the last. Whether you're using a Mac or an iOS device.
Meanwhile.
None of actual Macs has a DVDdrive; any usb-connected DVDburner wikll do the trick…
// Note: a video-DVD is Standard-Definition only! //
So, what are your options?
Apple os 2014. #1 install iDVD from an iLife Installer Disk
By chance, you own or can purchase a boxed version of iLife (06, 08, 09, 11).
• Insert disk (here: my copy of iLife09)
• double-click the package
• follow instructions, after a few clicks, you'll reach this screen:
• select ‚Customize'
• check ‚iDVD' and ‚iDVD Extra Content' (to get ALL templates of iDVD)
• follow instructions, restart Mac
#2 re-install iDVD from an older re-installer disk
By chance, this is not your first Mac; dig in your shoeboxes for the Original Installer Disk Set of that obsolete Mac (the grey ones) https://prohhelinksimp1981.mystrikingly.com/blog/chameleon-1995.
• Insert Disk #1 (here: from my old MacMini)
• double-click ‚Install Bundled Software Only'
• Select 'Customize'
• select ‚iDVD' and ‚iDVD Extra Content' (file size could differ to above due to diff. number of templates in diff. versions of iDVD)
• follow instructions, re-start Mac
// Note: you can use, if optional in your edit-application, any ‚share to iDVD' feature, but you can use any export from any edit-application in iDVD:
https://niepretaflan1988.mystrikingly.com/blog/how-to-reduce-picture-file-size-on-mac. launch iDVD and drag'n drop from a Finder window your exported .mov/.mp4/.m4v into iDVDs Preview Window. //
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iDVD has as any iApp a built-in Help feature.
Apple has an online support site for iDVD still avail here
You can ask other users for help at the Apple Support Community:
Keep in mind: iDVD was part of the iLife suite of apps; it was NOT meant as universal-disk- creation tool, so it does not support ‚any' formats, but just a few made by applications such as iMovie, iPhoto, FCPX, Apperture. Formats as .flv, .wmv, .divx are ‚exotic' to iDVD and need conversion before being processed in iDVD.
You can NOT burn any videos purchased via iTunes-Store with iDVD (or any other tool) to create a video-DVD.
#3 Burning video-DVDs with 3rd party tools/without iDVD
iDVD was a marvelous tool – with its convenient drag'n drop features, you could easiely modify it to your needs, to create your very own ‚custom' designs. Visit my non-commercial website https://sites.google.com/site/idvdmodding/ for a few suggestions.
Anyhow – no iDVD in reach, what to do?
# 3.1. free solution BURN
• download and install the open source tool BURN
• Export your movie from within your application; if optional, don't be shy to choose a ‚HD' output – although video-DVDs are Standard-Definition only, you should offer a ‚best quality'-input to the authoring app
• drag your .mov/.mp4/.m4v into Burn, click burn, follow instructions
It is very basic, no fancy design templates, no menu structures etc – it will just burn a plain video-DVD.
// Note: you have to offer any of these authoring apps a ‚video file', no ‚project file'! Therefore, you have to export your projects first. //
#3.2. commercial solution ROXIO TOAST
This is the most popular ‚disk maker' for MacOS (I don't profit mentioning it here); it is not only meant for creation of video-DVDs, but offers many other formats and features.
Same workflow as in Burn:
• Export your movie from within your application
• add the resulting file to a new Project/video-DVD in Toast (read the manual for details and options)
If you're familiar with Photoshop or similiar tools which support layers and saving in Photoshop's own .psd format, Toast allows some modifying of the templated menus – a bit tricky, and by far not as convenient as in iDVD.
//update//
Meanwhile. Roxio offers Toast for download in the AppStore, click >>here>> (US version, also avail in other countries)
#3.3 Adobe Encore, Apple DVDSP, etc, etc
For sure, there are and were other 3rd party tools for disk-creation available, but those are mostly ‚pro'-tools, which are over-the-top for a bread'n butter disk creation.
High-Def/BluRay?
As mentioned above, video-DVDs are Standard-Definition (720x480pix) only.
To create a High-Defintion (720p, 1080i) disk, you'd need for example Toast, an additional plug-in from Roxio, plus an external BluRay-disk-writer. And for sure BR-r disks.-
There's a poor-man's option to author a BluRay-structure with Toast, save this as an image-file and burn that with your Mac's built-in writer onto a DVD-r. Such a miniBluRay fits up to ~20min of High-Def content, but many BluRay-players don't accept such ‚twisted' disks. Somewhat less than perfect …-
• follow instructions, after a few clicks, you'll reach this screen:
• select ‚Customize'
• check ‚iDVD' and ‚iDVD Extra Content' (to get ALL templates of iDVD)
• follow instructions, restart Mac
#2 re-install iDVD from an older re-installer disk
By chance, this is not your first Mac; dig in your shoeboxes for the Original Installer Disk Set of that obsolete Mac (the grey ones) https://prohhelinksimp1981.mystrikingly.com/blog/chameleon-1995.
• Insert Disk #1 (here: from my old MacMini)
• double-click ‚Install Bundled Software Only'
• Select 'Customize'
• select ‚iDVD' and ‚iDVD Extra Content' (file size could differ to above due to diff. number of templates in diff. versions of iDVD)
• follow instructions, re-start Mac
// Note: you can use, if optional in your edit-application, any ‚share to iDVD' feature, but you can use any export from any edit-application in iDVD:
https://niepretaflan1988.mystrikingly.com/blog/how-to-reduce-picture-file-size-on-mac. launch iDVD and drag'n drop from a Finder window your exported .mov/.mp4/.m4v into iDVDs Preview Window. //
How To Make Videos On Computer
iDVD has as any iApp a built-in Help feature.
Apple has an online support site for iDVD still avail here
You can ask other users for help at the Apple Support Community:
Keep in mind: iDVD was part of the iLife suite of apps; it was NOT meant as universal-disk- creation tool, so it does not support ‚any' formats, but just a few made by applications such as iMovie, iPhoto, FCPX, Apperture. Formats as .flv, .wmv, .divx are ‚exotic' to iDVD and need conversion before being processed in iDVD.
You can NOT burn any videos purchased via iTunes-Store with iDVD (or any other tool) to create a video-DVD.
#3 Burning video-DVDs with 3rd party tools/without iDVD
iDVD was a marvelous tool – with its convenient drag'n drop features, you could easiely modify it to your needs, to create your very own ‚custom' designs. Visit my non-commercial website https://sites.google.com/site/idvdmodding/ for a few suggestions.
Anyhow – no iDVD in reach, what to do?
# 3.1. free solution BURN
• download and install the open source tool BURN
• Export your movie from within your application; if optional, don't be shy to choose a ‚HD' output – although video-DVDs are Standard-Definition only, you should offer a ‚best quality'-input to the authoring app
• drag your .mov/.mp4/.m4v into Burn, click burn, follow instructions
It is very basic, no fancy design templates, no menu structures etc – it will just burn a plain video-DVD.
// Note: you have to offer any of these authoring apps a ‚video file', no ‚project file'! Therefore, you have to export your projects first. //
#3.2. commercial solution ROXIO TOAST
This is the most popular ‚disk maker' for MacOS (I don't profit mentioning it here); it is not only meant for creation of video-DVDs, but offers many other formats and features.
Same workflow as in Burn:
• Export your movie from within your application
• add the resulting file to a new Project/video-DVD in Toast (read the manual for details and options)
If you're familiar with Photoshop or similiar tools which support layers and saving in Photoshop's own .psd format, Toast allows some modifying of the templated menus – a bit tricky, and by far not as convenient as in iDVD.
//update//
Meanwhile. Roxio offers Toast for download in the AppStore, click >>here>> (US version, also avail in other countries)
#3.3 Adobe Encore, Apple DVDSP, etc, etc
For sure, there are and were other 3rd party tools for disk-creation available, but those are mostly ‚pro'-tools, which are over-the-top for a bread'n butter disk creation.
High-Def/BluRay?
As mentioned above, video-DVDs are Standard-Definition (720x480pix) only.
To create a High-Defintion (720p, 1080i) disk, you'd need for example Toast, an additional plug-in from Roxio, plus an external BluRay-disk-writer. And for sure BR-r disks.-
There's a poor-man's option to author a BluRay-structure with Toast, save this as an image-file and burn that with your Mac's built-in writer onto a DVD-r. Such a miniBluRay fits up to ~20min of High-Def content, but many BluRay-players don't accept such ‚twisted' disks. Somewhat less than perfect …-
Sound effects software for windows 10. ‚Other' delivery methods
The ‚Apple intended way' of delivering home-brewn movies (high-/standard-defintion) to your Home's Big Screen is by sharing your movies to iTunes and finally using AppleTV.-
Or, upload your videos to YouTube/Vimeo/et al and share its URL (hint: there's a ‚private' option in the YouTube settings for each upload to share your movies to a limited circle of persons only).
Another option is usage of so-called Media-Drives, which allow to playback exported .mov or .mp4 from a hard-drive or flash-mem usb stick. Cruise at amazon etc …- (read the manual about formats & file structure).
You can use an XBox or the PS3 /4 as a media-drive, there are wireless options available or just ‚share' your .mp4s to the gaming box' harddrive by usb-stick. Again, read manuals, e.g. PS3 is looking for a specific file structure on the stick to ‚get' the video files.
Modern TVs offer support of media-files on usb-hard-drives, SDcards or usb-sticks (read the manual about formats & file structure).
A playout back to tape or camera's SDcard is not optional in iMovie.
// Note: the MacOS' built-in ‚burn to disk' feature does NOT create standard-conform video-DVDs, data-disks only, which can be used on computers, but not by DVD-players! You have to use any authoring tool mentioned above //
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Trim your video
Have a video that's too long to send through Mail or Messages? Or maybe you just want to share part of a video with your friends and family. With the Photos app, you can change the start and stop time to make your video shorter.
How to trim a video on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
- Open the Photos app and tap the video that you want to edit.
- Tap Edit.
- Move the sliders on both sides of the video timeline to change the start and stop times. To preview your trimmed video, tap the play button .
- Tap Done, then tap Save Video or Save Video as New Clip.
Save Video saves only the trimmed version of the video. Save as New Clip keeps the original version and saves an additional trimmed version in your library.
How to trim a video on your Mac
- Open the Photos app and double-click the video that you want to edit.
- Hover over the video, click the action button , and choose Trim.
- Move the yellow sliders on both sides of the video timeline to change the start and stop times. To preview your trimmed video, click the play button .
- Click Trim.
How to undo a trim
On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch: Open the video that you trimmed. Tap Edit. Tap Revert, then tap Revert to Original.*
On your Mac: Open the video that you trimmed. Click Edit. Click the action button , and choose Reset Trim.
* If you're editing a video that you created using the Save Video as New Clip function, tapping Revert to Original will undo any edits that you've made, such as adjusting exposure or adding a filter. But it won't restore the video to its original length.
Add a filter and rotate your videos
After you take your photo, open the photo in the Photos app and tap Edit. You can rotate, add a filter, and adjust the look of your video in the Photos app. If you don't like your changes, tap Cancel to revert to the original.
On your Mac, open the Photos app and click Edit to adjust the look of your video. If you don't like your changes, click Revert to Original or Reset Adjustments.
Customize your slo-mo video
After you record with the slo-mo camera mode, you can edit which part of your movie plays with the slow motion effect. That means you can have your video play at regular speed, and slow down for the details that you don't want your viewers to miss.
On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, tap Edit on the slo-mo video that you want to edit. On your Mac, just hover over the video. Then use the vertical white lines in the video timeline to set when slo-mo begins and ends.
Use third-party apps
You can also download third-party apps on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to edit your videos further. Or install third-party photo editing extensions on your Mac to use alongside the built-in tools in Photos. Learn more about editing with third-party extensions on your Mac.
Do more with Photos
- Learn how to take and edit photos on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.
- If you have a 4K video, learn how to edit it with iMovie.
- Store your photos and videos in iCloud Photos so that you can access them everywhere you go.
- Keep your collection organized in the Photos app.
